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  • The photograph, via Mike Hooks, shows the Oxford exhibited at the Brussels Salon of 1939. The particular aircraft remains unidentified however, so perhaps the photo will offer a visual clue or jog someone's memory.

    Самолёты на фотографии: Airspeed Oxford / AS.10 - Великобритания - 1937

  • Регистрационный номер: F-AREX, LN-DAG

    The Sikorsky S-43 LN-DAG is shown here as F-AREX. It was sold to Cie des Chargeurs Reunis with French CofA issue on 27.9.38. En route to France it had been checked at Schiphol by Veritas with 197 flying hours logged. Registered F-AREX on 19.10.38 it was delivered via Marseille to Abidjan. The S-43 was used in the Gold Coast region and flew the first seaplane services into Lagos, Nigeria. The photo shows it moored on the inland waterway at Lagos during unloading/loading operations. Aeromaritime (Cie des Chargeurs Reunis) operated between Pointe Noire and Dakar where the S-43s linked up with Air France services. F-AREX was last checked by Veritas in Abidjan on 16.12.43 with 1691 hours. It was cancelled from the register 11.3.46 as "dilapidated".

    Самолёты на фотографии: Sikorsky S-43 Baby Clipper/JRS/Y1OA-8 - США - 1936